The 873rd Chapter

Zheng Qinglong had never seen him before, yet recognized him the moment he laid eyes on him, which came as a bit of a surprise to Bai Yang.

Without dwelling on it, Bai Yang pointed at Xiong Jie's corpse and asked, "Is he your brother-in-law?"

Hearing Bai Yang's words, Zheng Qinglong, who was still maintaining his one-knee-kneeling posture, turned pale as a sheet. Cold sweat poured off him as his body trembled, and he said, "I wouldn't dare deceive the Governor-General. He is indeed my brother-in-law."

"Mm. Then you also know the crimes he committed?" Bai Yang looked at him and said indifferently.

Chilled to the bone, Zheng Qinglong at that moment wished nothing more than to beat Xiong Jie's sister to death—it was utterly infuriating. This damn dog of a Xiong Jie had actually gone and provoked the Governor-General, especially given the Governor-General's current attitude toward him; a single moment of carelessness and he would be finished.

Bai Yang could afford not to know Zheng Qinglong, but Zheng Qinglong did not dare not know Bai Yang. In front of Bai Yang, he didn't even dare to draw a heavy breath. This was a divine path cultivator at the Heavenly Master realm, and furthermore an peerless fierceman who had fought the ten powerhouses alone not long ago. In front of him, he wasn't even an ant.

Faced with Bai Yang's question, he didn't dare to conceal anything in the slightest, and said with trepidation, "Replying to the Governor-General, I know a little."

He knew what kind of temperament his own brother-in-law had. Usually, he tacitly allowed him to throw his weight around in the army by relying on his status—after all, he was his own brother-in-law. Yet now that Bai Yang was looking into this matter, he knew he was